Drinking fountain



June 10 1924..

R. LEER DRINKING, FOUNTAIN Filed nee. 29 ,"1922 mf y w W.

Patented .lune 10, 1924.

RUDOLF LEBE, 0F ROCKDALE, IIQXAS.`

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

Application led December 29, 1922.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RUDOLF Leen, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Rockdale, in the county of Milam and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Drinking Fountain, of which the following is a specification'.

The present invention relates to a drinking fountain for animals particularly and has for its principal objectpto provide a device of this nature constructed with a plurality of independent. drinking vessels fed in a sanitary manner from a common supply. rIhe invention is particularly useful in veterinary hospitals Where it is desirous that animals with contagious diseases be classified and restricted to drinking from a certain fountain or vessel thus preventing the spread of such diseases. Of course, the device may be put to other usages wherein similar ends are. desired.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a simple and etiicient structure which will be reliable in operation, comparatively inexpensive to construct and install, durable, and'well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

lWith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing- Figure l. is a top plan of the device,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section therethrough, and

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section therethrough.

The source of supply for the drinking fountain aboutto be described is preferably in the form of a float control supply tank which is constructed so that the water level thereof will be slightly above the water level of the drinking fountain herein described. As such float control tanks are well understood I have not illustrated any in this particular disclosure of the invention. The drinking fountain is constructed in a concrete, block l of suitable size depending upon the desired height of the apparatus and the number of individual drinking ves` sels. A supply pipe 2 extends longitudi- Serial No. 609,639.

nally through the block l and communicates with the supply `tank not shown. A plurality of upstanding nipples 3 communicate at spaced intervals from each other with the Water supply pipe 2. A plurality of receptacles 4 are disposed inthe block l over the nipples 3. Alongside of these receptacles 4C lthere are disposed the individual drinking vessels o. It will be noted that the vessels 5 are open Whereas the receptacles 4l are closed or embedded in the block 1 so that access cannot be had thereto. Each vessel 5 is communicated with the adjacent receptacle 4t by a pipe 6 which communicates with the bottom of the vessel and with the bottom of the receptacle. It will therefore be read ily seen that the level of the Water in the vessel 5 will be the same as the level of the water in the receptacle 4L and that this level will be at the terminal of the nipple 3. Thus water which reaches one vessel will not reach Aany of the other vessels so that they Will be perfectly sanitary and prevent the spread of disease and the like.

I have, in the present instance, shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention which will give in practicesatisfactory and reliable results, and it is to be understood that the same issusceptible of modification Vin various particulars Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is In combina-tion, a block, a plurality of vessels embedded in the upper surface of the block so that access may be had thereto by animals, a plurality of receptacles co-mpletely embedded in the block, one recep tacle being disposed adjacent each vessel, pipes connecting the. bottoms of adjacent vessels and receptacles, a. supply pipe eX- tending in the block below the receptacles, and vessel, and a plurality of nipples rising from and communicating with the supply pipe and terminating in the-receptacle adjacent their upper ends.

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

RUDOLF LEBR. Vitnesses:

OTTO LENGERT, H. G. MURPHEE. 

